Announced by the USPS on December 16, 2024:
Marking the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War, this pane of 15 stamps invites us to witness and remember five turning points in the fight for American independence. Watercolor paintings depicting scenes of five battles appear alongside photographs of sites involved in each battle. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps with art by Greg Harlin and photographs by Jon Bilous, Richard Lewis, Tom Morris, Gregory J. Parker and Kevin Stewart.
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Updated March 6th:
These stamps will be issued April 16 in Concord, MA.
I didn’t realize the larger stamps were actually two stamps until I saw this was a pane of 15 and thought they’d made a mistake. I’m assuming the large ones are two stamps anyway. Anyone else?
Actually, looking at the larger picture, that’s exactly what it is. This pane is actually done pretty wonderful in my opinion. There’s a photograph of the here and now monument or place and an illustration seten of what happened there. Bravo, I really love this.
Fantastic!
Oops. The building portrayed for the Battle of Trenton had almost no role in the Battle. It is known as The Old Barracks, and was a British barracks during the French and Indian War. The Hessians did not use this much in December 1776…it was considered too close to the Delaware so unsafe.
Finally an issue with historical significance.
Really…
Do you know the release date?
not yet.
Regarding the comment above about The Old Barracks not playing a role, it appears that each row consists of two images: A watercolor of the event and a photograph of the site that exists today. And I think that’s why they chose The Old Barracks.
Last night I was looking at all of the fabulous stamps that were done for the bicentennial. While it doesn’t seem that there is as much excitement, broadly, in the country as there as for the bicentennial, I’m hoping that this set is just the start, with much more to come.
Is the USPS going to sell their Digital Color Postmarks as all individual stamp issues or will they issue five as semi-postal and five as single stamps on their DCPs & FDCs?
If it follows past practice, the USPS will sell complete sets of 15 DCP FDCs and complete sets of 15 Pictorial Postmark FDCs. No individual issues, no mixed sets. Some “products” may have a random stamp’s FDC in them, but customers will not be able to specify which stamp.
Just curious but the watercolor stamps – what is the best way to collect these? – as an attached pair or as individual stamps? I make my own pages so I’ve anticipated doing both formats on the same page. This, of course, then makes me use up the extra stamps I’ll have as postage.
The “best way” is what appeals to you. If you want to staple them to your pages, that’s your choice. (But don’t tell me, I’ll cry! 🙃) Now, if you’re collecting them with an eye toward value, then wait to see what the catalogue says. (But which catalogue? Aha!) My guess is that most people, and probably the published album pages, will have them as se-tenant pairs.